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iPhone User Interface Cookbook

By : Cameron Banga
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iPhone User Interface Cookbook

By: Cameron Banga

Overview of this book

The incredible growth rates for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad have pushed consumers to a new “App” economy, with developers racing to the platform. Mobile touch-centric interfaces vary greatly from traditional computing platforms, and programmers as well as designers must learn to adapt to the new form-factor.The iPhone User Interface Cookbook offers a complete breakdown of standard interface design on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. You will learn the tools behind the trade, how to properly utilize standard interface elements, and custom UI tricks that will help your work stand out on the App Store.The book is designed to be a complete overview of interface design on all iOS platforms, offering insight and an inside look into app design. A variety of topics are covered, starting with an overview of tools for the app interface designer, touching upon popular interface components such as the Tab Bar, and offering suggestions for complex game interfaces. Whether you’re new to the platform or a seasoned developer with numerous applications in the App Store, this book strives to teach everyone simple and easy to implement tips for iOS interface design. Regardless of skill level, the iPhone User Interface Cookbook offers a detailed breakdown of all things interface design.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
iPhone User Interface Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
PacktLib.PacktPub.com
Preface
The Importance of Direct Manipulation
If you need a stylus, you blew it

Getting quick updates with Alert Views


System wide notifications are an essential component of any modern mobile operating system, allowing for a quick way to present short text prompts to the end user.

Apple has built Alert Views into the iOS SDK, giving developers the same notification system used by Apple for system alerts such as text messages. We can use these several ways, either in application or outside of the application through Push Notifications or Local Notifications.

In this recipe, we'll break down different ways that we can present the notifications to our user through Alert Views.

Getting ready

Alert Views can be found in many applications on both iPhone and iPad devices. It's useful to have an application on hand like Alarm Clock, so that we can test out this view type.

It would also be useful to have Urban Airship's website on hand, which can be found at http://urbanairship.com. Urban Airship is a tool that allows for the easy implementation of notifications into our app...